Territory authorizes the Carna solar plant of 10.038 MW in l'Urgell

The Director General of Energy, Marta Morera i Marcé, has granted the company Energia Inagotable de Carna, SL the prior administrative authorization and the administrative construction authorization for the PSFV Carna solar photovoltaic plant, with an installed capacity of 10.038 MW, on non-urbanizable land. The decision is detailed in Resolution TER/4029/2026, dated October 29, published in the Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) no. 9790, dated November 9, 2026, with the official reference CVE-DOGC-A-26306007-2026.

The project falls under the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition and is processed under file FUE-2023-03149678, admitted for processing by the territorial services on March 27, 2023. The applied legislation combines Law 24/2013 of the electricity sector, Royal Decree 1955/2000 on electrical authorizations, and Decree-Law 16/2019 on urgent measures for the climate emergency, along with Law 21/2013 on environmental assessment and Law 8/2005 on landscape protection.

The plant was subject to a 60-day public information period via an announcement published in DOGC no. 9669, dated May 20, 2026, and on the notice boards of the affected town halls. During the process, Unió de Pagesos submitted allegations of an environmental, urban, landscape, and socioeconomic nature. The total declared budget for the installation is 19,142,566.34 euros.

An agrivoltaic plant with 17,850 panels

The generation facility will occupy the districts of Nalec, Verdú, and Ciutadilla, in the region of Urgell, and includes the following technical characteristics:

• Solar photovoltaic technology with single-axis trackers and 17,850 panels.
• Installed capacity of 10,038 kW and total module capacity of 11,156 kWp.
• Maximum evacuable power of 9,289 kW, with the obligation of a regulating device adjusted to 9.28 MW.
• Underground internal lines at 30 kV and sectioning center CS Sant Roc 30 kV, in Ciutadilla.
• Step-up substation SET Sant Roc 30/220 kV, in Vallbona de les Monges.
• 220 kV overhead line of 11.0 km up to tower PAS 38 and an underground section of 0.4 km to the SET La Espluga 220 kV of Red Eléctrica de España.
• Grid connection point at the SET La Espluga 220 kV substation.

The sectioning center will share infrastructure with four plants: Carna, Camila (file FUE-2023-03177797), Els Vilars (file FUE-2021-02082325), and Sant Roc (file FUE-2021-02082327), with a total capacity of 96.482 MW divided into four circuits.

Four unfavorable reports and one pending condition

The granting of authorization was not unanimous. Several organizations spoke out against the project:

• The City Council of l’Espluga de Francolí, due to the fragmentation of projects, the cumulative effects on the center of l’Espluga, the impact on the Natura 2000 Network and avifauna, and the lack of a report from the Catalan Water Agency.
• The City Council of Vallbona de les Monges, due to impacts on archaeological heritage and dry stone elements, and the visual impact of the evacuation infrastructure.
• The Conca de Barberà County Council, due to the overcrowding of projects in the region and the absence of an evaluation regarding the Muntanyes de Prades area.
• The Works and Irrigation Unit of the Territorial Services of Lleida of the Department of Agriculture, as the 10% maximum occupation of rainfed agricultural land with agrological capacity III and IV in Nalec has been exceeded.

Following this last report, the promoter adapted the project to convert it into an agrivoltaic plant according to the agrivoltaics technical instruction of July 2023. Nevertheless, the resolution conditions the execution of the site located in Nalec upon obtaining a favorable report from the Works and Irrigation Unit. The Renewable Energy Panel, in the sessions of October 1 and 21, 2026, issued the environmental impact report with this additional condition.

Two years to launch it

The executive project is dated April 22, 2026, and is signed by the industrial engineer Carlos Valiño Colas, member number 4,851 of the Official College of Industrial Technical Engineers of Aragon. The resolution sets a deadline of two years for the launch, counted from the publication in the DOGC, with the possibility of an extension requested at least one month before expiration. Against the decision, which does not exhaust the administrative route, an appeal for reversal may be filed before the Secretary of Ecological Transition within one month.

The authorization is granted without prejudice to the final approval of the specific action project on non-urbanizable land, as the file was not on the agenda of October 30, 2026, of the Territorial Urbanism Commission of Lleida.

With this resolution, the Generalitat adds a new renewable project to Urgell and Conca de Barberà, a territory where the accumulation of solar parks and their evacuation lines is a subject of conflict between farmers, city councils, and environmentalist entities. The case is significant because it shows how the administration can authorize a plant despite contrary municipal and county reports, and because it leaves the main site of Nalec pending an agricultural procedure that has not yet been resolved.

Source: Official Gazette of the Generalitat de Catalunya, no. 9790, November 9, 2026, Announcements, pp. 1-9 (official reference: CVE-DOGC-A-26306007-2026).